Regardless of whether you’re a professional fighter, an up and coming amateur, or just train recreationally for fun, you no doubt want to get as much out of your hard work as possible. After all, nobody wants to go into the gym day in and day out and yet not see any...
Stepping on a scale to make weight has been a part of combat sports almost as long as they’ve been around. In 2000, the United Rules of Mixed Martial Arts were put into effect and the modern era of nine weight classes was born. Since then, every competitive fighter...
This is a case study on preparatory success, using Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson’s victory against Ian McCall as a blueprint. In case you missed it, on June 8th, 2012 the UFC got one step closer to having its first Flyweight Champion as...
If you saw UFC 144 last Saturday, then you no doubt saw one of the better 3rd round comebacks in long time in Tim’s fight against Yushin Okami. Joe Rogan went so far as to call it “one of the greatest UFC comebacks of all time” and there’s no...
Conditioning has been integral parts of training for combat sports ever since there have been combat sports. As soon as the first combat athlete gassed – probably within the first minute or two of the fight no doubt – it quickly became obvious that any sort of hand to...
Originally developed in the 1960’s as part of the Russian space program, the science of heart rate variability has since found broad application in cardiac medicine, though in the last two decades this technology has spread into the elite levels of strength and...